[#QB-2779] The Environment Variable setting in MSBuild step doesn't work.

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The Environment Variable setting in MSBuild step doesn't work.

Created: 08/Aug/16 10:38 PM Updated: 01/Dec/16 07:23 AM

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I tried to set the environment variable in the MSBuild step, but it doesn't work for me. Please look into this issue.

Thank you,
ptrinh

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Steve Luo [10/Aug/16 02:21 PM]

I can't reproduce this issue with below example:

msbuild.xml:

<Project DefaultTargets="Build"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <BuildProperty>$(BuildVersion}</BuildProperty>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <Target Name="TestMessage" AfterTargets="Build" >
    
    <Message Text="Build version is: $(BuildProperty)" Importance="high"/>
  </Target>
</Project>

And then I added an environment variable for property BuildProperty in the MSBuild Step:
BuildProperty ${build.version}

from the log, I can see the message contains the build version correctly.

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Phong Trinh [10/Aug/16 02:39 PM]

- In the MSBuild step, I added the follow to 'Environment Variables':
Name = Path
Value = C:\<new path to a software>;${node.getAttribute("yourAttributeName")}

- I then list the 'Path' in the Post-Execution Action, but I did not see the new path.

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Steve Luo [11/Aug/16 01:38 AM]

Hi,
You can't use environment variables in the Post-Execution script. The environment variables are only used for QuickBuild to invoke msbuild command.
You have to add the variables manually in your script.